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Agree with many points Lord o' Salv Send a noteboard - 13/11/2009 05:07:53 AM
I think that Sheriam would know the potential strength of Nynaeve and Sharina. It has been remarked on as being greater than any other Aes Sedai. She is so over-awed by the strength of the woman outside her tent that I feel Mesaana must be stronger than those two.


As you say this is correct, the above poster forgot about this.

In the Prologue to LOC, Mesaana thinks to herself that she matched well with Semirhage. So Semirhage would be stronger than Nynaeve too.


I think it is a fair assumption to make that this is someone inferior trying to boost themself up, she is trying to make herself sound just as strong as Semi. She fears Semi, but probably does match up well with her having stronger capabilities in some areas than Semi perhaps.

In TSR where Nynaeve fights Moghedian and later in TFOH where she captures her, I did not think that Nynaeve was stronger. I thought that she was close to Moghedian's strength but won by using her wits. Didn't she throw something at Moghedian that distracted her in the TSR fight? And putting the TAR adam on Moghedian in TFOH was pure quick thinking.


If anything Nynaeve was just fractionally stronger then, and at most has gotten just a tad bit stronger since then, since she was near her max strength at such an early juncture in the story.

Moghedian escaped in TSR with 1 channeler shieding her. Was this only because that shield was tied off? Perhaps 1-2 chanellers could hold Semirhage as long as it remained ongoing and not tied off.


yes it was. As we heard from LTT the age of legends channelers had knowledge of how to escape from a tied off weave, but breaking out of a held/maintained shield was another matter.
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Semirhage's strength in the Power... Shannow - 12/11/2009 06:57:37 AM 1498 Views
No you did not... fionwe1987 - 12/11/2009 07:27:06 AM 1079 Views
I'll look again tonight, but I'm sure Nynaeve made a comment... Shannow - 12/11/2009 07:33:29 AM 1088 Views
Actually, Nynaeave is far stronger than Moghedian now LordScimitar - 12/11/2009 12:30:29 PM 1030 Views
We DON'T know that Graendal is stronger than Semirhage and Mesaana... Shannow - 12/11/2009 12:48:32 PM 1169 Views
Wasn't that rather meaningless? fionwe1987 - 12/11/2009 03:26:22 PM 1146 Views
Inconsistency? Lord o' Salv - 12/11/2009 08:53:39 AM 1014 Views
Holding a shield vs. making one... fionwe1987 - 12/11/2009 03:19:09 PM 981 Views
Don't they clearly say one single would suffice but they used 2 for Lord o' Salv - 13/11/2009 04:57:15 AM 909 Views
To HOLD her. Didn't I make the distinction clear? fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 05:04:58 AM 879 Views
Reducing the number of people holding the shield, reduces the strength of the shield correspondingly Shannow - 13/11/2009 07:15:24 AM 853 Views
Not necessarily true (Plus, another possibility)... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 07:43:37 AM 869 Views
I agree about the angreal, but not the 1 woman shield part... Shannow - 13/11/2009 07:50:26 AM 949 Views
Agree to disagree? fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 08:07:59 AM 877 Views
Sure, just a couple of points... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:18:15 AM 997 Views
Re: Sure, just a couple of points... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 08:51:28 AM 1004 Views
Interesting concept... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:59:53 AM 1009 Views
The answer lies in a fundamental difference between spinning and maintaining a weave... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 09:33:00 AM 1119 Views
Yeah, I posted on this Sidious - 12/11/2009 08:53:26 PM 993 Views
Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 12:42:37 AM 1011 Views
Mesaana thought she matched Semirhage catkin - 13/11/2009 01:45:09 AM 1122 Views
Agree with many points Lord o' Salv - 13/11/2009 05:07:53 AM 1000 Views
Re: Agree with many points fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 05:16:12 AM 862 Views
And that means nothing... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 05:08:44 AM 1001 Views
Re: Hmmm.... Sidious - 13/11/2009 06:56:56 AM 941 Views
I think Sanderson just doesn't have the interest and knowledge of relative strength that RJ did.. Shannow - 13/11/2009 07:07:45 AM 922 Views
Re: Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 07:59:57 AM 1018 Views
The reason behind our (certainly MY) hesitance to place Nynaeve too high, is Alivia... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:04:51 AM 1021 Views
There is a simple answer... skill... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 08:21:25 AM 1013 Views
Except that... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:49:15 AM 993 Views
We only assume that... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 09:08:56 AM 1039 Views
Well... Shannow - 13/11/2009 09:25:08 AM 1026 Views
fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 09:53:39 AM 880 Views
What about Sharina? Sidious - 13/11/2009 09:17:20 AM 876 Views
No evidence either way, but you leave a massive gap between Lanfear and the average Forsaken... Shannow - 13/11/2009 09:31:27 AM 1013 Views
I don't think it's massive Sidious - 13/11/2009 09:46:27 AM 998 Views
I disagree with your last comment Shannow - 13/11/2009 09:58:03 AM 1019 Views
Hmm... Sidious - 13/11/2009 03:57:48 PM 1005 Views
Re: Hmm... Watcher - 13/11/2009 07:54:23 PM 1005 Views
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